Will_of_Rycharde_Brograve_1541

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Surname/tag: Brograve

This is a transcription of the Will of Rycharde Brograve written on 21 June 15? (in the 3?th regnal year of Henry VIII) and proved in London 1541 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.

The spelling is as per the spelling in the version in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury register. (Abbreviated words and omitted letters will be indicated by italics.) The line numbers and highlighting are my own for ease of reading.

Will of Rycharde Brograve 1510-1541^[1]

1. In the name of god amen the xx? day of June. In the yere of our Lorde god / a thousande . fyue

2. Hundrethe . fhu-fye . and – And in the – yere of the Raigne of our souvraigne lorde kynge henry the eight / and

3. Supreme God of this Churche of Englande, within - . that I Rycharde Brograve . cytezon and haberdasher of

4. London, beyuge in jole mynde , and in good and parfytte remimbrance . larude and pray puge be son of almighty god . make

5. And ordeyme this my –nt testament and laste wyll – manner , and fouvne folononige , that is fouorfe , ffurfte and principally f /

6. – yerme / and bequiethe my soule . unto almighty god . my maker / and redemer / - home / and by the Meryttes of uoh of blessyre

7. Yassyon . ys all my frnfte and ronfydens . of recue remy thou of fougy sones of my syuues , and my body to be buryed in –

8. Syoulfure in sutyi ulave . as it shall please almyhty god to provide and ordeyne for me A fem A will all sureyi –offp . and of

9. Dufyes as A ouse of vighto ou of ronsryevint . to anny parson or parsonns , be well and truly contentyd and paide

10. By mym Exerutomb hir after namyd Ifem I gyve and bequithe to my father . Nycolas Brograve, or to my Mother

11. Reyre Brograve his wyfe – pounde thueffeue shillinges and four pence ftauhinge , Atem A uoyll and gyve to my

12. Sister Katheryn Brograve fyloe pounde ssaulinge , A fem A voill and gyloe so my sister Margaret Brograve febe –

13. Pounde farlinge , A fem A voill fougebe John Carys his brouther . A gyle and beguithe fyloe maule farlinge Afew

14. A will and bequethe to william Luruouse ou to his wyfe – moue . Afem A will and gyve . to John Curefeib . ou to

15. His wyfe = farlinge , thi Aesydme of all my goodes . Caffallis and Defts . after my detts payde and my simeuall

16. Cxpemf paufonumyde . and theis my legars ronfayued in this my yut testament and laste will fulfilled A holye

17. Gyve and bequithy to Johan my wife –hye to disyose surhye paute thiuof as this shall the wife moste beucfyryall . for

18. The welthe of my soule and all open soules , and the thvede parte of all my goodes caffalls and detts not be quiathude . J.

19. Will that all my Childrene shall have this partes . equally distributed amongs them as this vs of this Cytyre is

20. So to have.

21. This is the laste wyll of mine Rycharde Brograve of Tomhinge all my landes and Tememnts. Fett Lynnye

22. And beinge in the Comfye of teut. A will to my wyfe Johan Brograve. The to hand the propyres or the same –

23. Doing Yeparon. As made shall requier vutyll tha tr- . that my son John Brograve soo come to his full age of

24. xxi yeres. And as romesyuyt- the Wyll at Lusam. I will that and if myne son Robert Brograve. Soo well and

25. Truly paye. Or ranse to be paide to my saide wife or to mym a sigmeis the somm of ffytye pounds farlmye. Within

26. The spare of fyloe newb. Ab moue plainly dofhe- appen- by a bonde of h- hande that his- bomde fo mi yn that then

27. All puhi bonded to be dehuerid to the paide Robert Brograve, and thy money to be equally distributed amougst

28. My wyfe and children, and vf defanol be. That the paide Robert brograve. Whin hithallroms to his full age of xxi yeres

29. And thi paide Johan- brograve my wyfe. I make hole exernforne. Of the my –put tesamint and sase will . –

30. And for thy exernroy of thi same. I make and order?. John Osborne onev ser of the samm- / and to hym I geve?

31. Twenty shillings . for his paines. An wiffint whivos . to this my puffe testamint. ? A thi paid Richarde ham

32. Setto my hande and Ceale. Thi daye and yere abnenormftev. By mi Rycharde Brograve / x x

Sources

1. ↑ "England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858" [database on-line]. Ancestry.com. Entry for Will of Ricd Brograve of London, granted probate on 4 May 1541. Died Abt 1541; citing The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Series PROB 11; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 28, Ancestry uk Record 5111 #871405 Ancestry Sharing Link Ancestry Sharing Link (accessed 8 August 2022)